As manual palpation scores are prone to many errors, ... e.g. a 5-point tenderness scale or a 100 mm VAS scale for perceived tenderness.

Tenderness to palpation was scored on a scale from 0 to 3 where 0 represented no pain, and 1, 2, and 3 represented mild, moderate, and severe tenderness respectively. Results —Patellar tendon ...

Pain was measured on a 0 to 10 visual analogue scale (VAS) of intensity with anchors of 0 (no pain) and 10 (extreme pain). Muscle tenderness was graded according to both digital palpation and ...

The examiners determined tenderness by deep palpation of eight anatomical neck/shoulder locations on the left and right side. Based on the participants response and feedback during the palpation ...